Haiti : health sector analysis

DESCRIBES HEALTH STATUS OF POPULATION AND SUCH SPECIAL PROBLEMS AS TUBERCULOSIS AND DIARRHEA.

Beckles, Frank N. · 1975

Abstract

INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH DELIVERS HEALTH SERVICES AND NUMBER AND TRAINING OF VARIOUS TYPES OF HEALTH PERSONNEL ARE SUMMARIZED. CHAPTER ON AGRICULTURE REFLECTS IMPORTANCE OF MALNUTRITION PROBLEM. SEPARATE CHAPTER DETAILS EXTENT OF MALNUTRITION AND CURRENT METHODS USED TO COMBAT IT, ESPECIALLY MOTHERCRAFT CENTERS. DESCRIBES NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAM AND EXAMINES ITS FUTURE. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH/POPULATION AND WATER SUPPLY/SANITATION PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. NEW SERVICES ARE PROPOSED TO REMEDY SOME OLD PROBLEMS. BUDGETARY PROCESSES ARE EXAMINED AND SEVERAL CONSTRAINTS TO IMPROVED BUDGETING ARE IDENTIFIED. ANALYSIS ALSO SUMMARIZES VARIOUS TYPES OF FOREIGN AID IN HEALTH SECTOR AND CONCLUDES WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ORGANIZATION AND SERVICES.

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